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UK Foreign Secretary denies withholding rendition information
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied Friday that he withheld any information from Parliament concerning Britain's involvement in secret CIA rendition flights and also said that there had not been any flights through Britain since the Se (More) |
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European Parliament to investigate CIA prison, rendition flight allegations
The European Parliament announced on Wednesday that it would investigate claims that the CIA has been illegally detaining and torturing terrorism suspects in European countries or using European air bases as transit points to send suspects to othe (More) |
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Extraordinary rendition memo [UK FCO]
Memo on rendition and extraordinary rendition, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, December 2005 . Read the full text of the memo . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Leaked UK memo: extraordinary rendition illegal, but extent unclear
A leaked UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office memo says that while undertaking or cooperating with extraordinary rendition of terror suspects to countries where they could face a real risk of torture could never be legal under UK law, the British go (More) |
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European Parliament opens CIA secret prisons inquiry
The European Parliament Thursday opened an official investigation into allegations that several European countries allowed the CIA to secretly detain prisoners within their borders and airspace as part of the US "war on terror". The in (More) |
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UK records turn up three CIA rendition flight requests
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday that a records search conducted by the British government seeking US rendition requests has found three instances where the Clinton administration sought permission to transport prisoners through its air (More) |
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CIA investigating fewer than 10 'erroneous renditions'
CIA inspector general John Helgerson has launched an investigation into fewer than ten cases of possibly erroneous rendition , according to an intelligence official quoted by AP. In several cases it is believed that either the wrong person was capt (More) |
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UK has no record of CIA rendition flights, says Foreign Secretary
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday in a BBC radio interview that the UK has found no evidence that the US transported terror detainees via UK airports, despite a UK newspaper report [JURIST report; Guardian report] last week alleging tha (More) |
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Foreign minister denies German role in CIA rendition
Germany's new foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier Saturday denied allegations that German officials may have aided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the December 2003 abduction of German citizen Khaled El-Masri , who has filed a (More) |
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CIA rendition plaintiff maybe targeted on German information
Khaled el-Masri , a German man at the heart of an ACLU lawsuit against the CIA alleging wrongful imprisonment , may have been targeted as a result of information Germany shared with the US, according to a German security official [Berliner Zeitung r (More) |
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emporer
On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.
